Definition of Verify

1. Verb. Confirm the truth of. "Verify a claim"


2. Verb. Check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard. "Are you controlling for the temperature?"
Exact synonyms: Control
Category relationships: Science, Scientific Discipline
Related verbs: Ascertain, Assure, Check, Control, Ensure, Insure, See, See To It
Generic synonyms: Essay, Examine, Prove, Test, Try, Try Out
Derivative terms: Control

3. Verb. Attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition).
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Confirm, Reassert
Derivative terms: Verification

4. Verb. To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. "They verify that there was a traffic accident "; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
Exact synonyms: Affirm, Assert, Aver, Avow, Swan, Swear
Specialized synonyms: Hold, Claim, Take, Attest, Declare, Protest, Assure, Tell
Generic synonyms: Declare
Derivative terms: Affirmation, Affirmation, Affirmer, Assertable, Asserter, Assertion, Averment, Avowal, Avower, Swearer, Swearing

Definition of Verify

1. v. t. To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.

2. v. t. To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.

Definition of Verify

1. Verb. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) (legal) To affirm something formally, under oath ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Verify

1. to prove to be true [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Verify

verifiably
verification
verification criterion
verification principle
verificationism
verificationisms
verificationist
verificationists
verifications
verificative
verificatory
verified
verifier
verifiers
verifies
verify (current term)
verifying
verily
verine
verisimilar
verisimilarly
verisimilitude
verisimilitudes
verisimilitudinous
verisimility
verisimilous
verism
verismo
verismos
verisms

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